In an All Music.com biography of Rachael Yamagata, it picks up by saying, "Yamagata grew up listening to Carole King, Roberta Flack, James Taylor, and the like, for music was the one thing in Yamagata's life that remained consistent."
"By the time she reached Northwestern University in the mid-'90s, Yamagata had one year of piano lessons and a spiral notebook full of songs under her belt. After pursuing a degree in French for one 
year, she relocated to New York to become an Italian theater major at Vassar. Sporadic changes loomed ahead, however. When her acting coach at Vassar moved to Barnard College, Yamagata thought she would go, too. She eventually opted to return to Northwestern instead, where she joined the theater program and befriended the funk band Bumpus during her junior year."
The singer/songwriter during an interview with Ithaca.com (New York) last year shared her attitude about touring. "I think I have a standard love/hate relationship with it. I like the travel, I like the people, and it’s nice to see familiar faces out on the road. I’ve certainly done a lot of it, especially over the past three years. This is like my eighteenth tour or something a little nutty. What I try and do is make the show different, a 
different experience."
"This is totally stark and vulnerable. It’s just me, piano and guitar. I’ve done a lot of full band, big bells and whistles tours and I have a lot of fans coming up to me and saying that they really love it when I just sit down at a piano and do something super intimate like that."
This weeked at Houston's Arena Theatre its Glory Kickboxing 63. The headline bout is a featherweight title fight between defending champion Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao (161-36-2, 27 KO’s) and former 
champion Serhii Adamchuk (38-9, 14 KO’s).
With a five-fight win streak behind him, Petchpanomrung is at the peak of his powers right now. Despite being just 22 years old he is massively experienced - like most Thai fighters, he began training in near infancy and turned professional before his teenage years.
Adamchuk rides a three-fight win streak into the fight and is 4-1 since GLORY 39, where he lost a split-decision to Petchpanomrung in the final of a four-man tournament.
That first fight was extremely close; Adamchuk represents a very tough test for a first title defense, but Petchpanomrung’s level has surged since that first meeting, so Adamchuk will also need some new tricks.
Atlanta's Sevendust opens up Scout Bar this weekend (Friday, February 1, 2019). The band was started by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first 
demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group. Following a few name changes, the members settled on the name Sevendust and released their self-titled debut album in 1997. They have attained success with three consecutive RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) gold certified albums and have sold millions of albums worldwide.
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